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Object Number
2013.24.14
Display Title
Servilleta, small multipurpose cloth, white with bands of red and blue at ends and large multicolored zoomorphic images in center
Descriptions
Object Description
Servilleta, back strap loomed, one piece, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, white cotton, multicolored cotton two faced supplementary weft brocading, horizontal bands of colored wefts on top and bottom, various two and three legged images, and a double headed eagle.
Inventory Description
Servilleta, small multipurpose cloth, white cotton with cotton two faced supplementary weft brocade bands of red and blue at ends and large multicolored zoomorphic images in center including a double headed eagle
Classification
- Napkin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
/
Sacatepequez
/
<County>
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Santo Domingo Xenacoj
Materials
Dye , Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 53 × 64 cm (20 7/8 × 25 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.14; 20
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and
Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector
Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector
Carroll William Dodge
Donor
Donated by
Mary Dodge Cobb
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